An impeachment trial in the Senate will hamper the Warren and Sanders campaigns in the new year.
Former Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin issued 428 pardons in his final days in office, a list that includes multiple violent offenders.
The Republican pardoned a convicted child rapist as well as a convicted murderer whose brother raised money for Mr Bevin's election campaign.
Yeah one of the people he pardoned was found guilty of beheading someone.
We’ll have to keep waiting. His polling numbers barely seem to improve.Our man Yang could be a great disruptor
I don't know man, some foreshadowing this Bojo win..
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We are heading the same way.
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I don’t agree. You pay less during studies, but you also get worse quality of education, and during the career earn significantly less. This is assuming you do one of the high paying jobs (software, medic, lawyer etc).The system in Europe is infinitely better.
That may be true for some professions but all things considered, the cost of housing in the US compared with wages is widening - as is the cost of education and the number of young people drowning in debt. There are of course plenty of advantages of living here but the cost of education isn't one of them.I don’t agree. You pay less during studies, but you also get worse quality of education, and during the career earn significantly less. This is assuming you do one of the high paying jobs (software, medic, lawyer etc).
My post is only about education. If you factor other things (like work-life balance), then someone might come to another conclusion. But assuming you don’t study history of arts etc, during the course of the career you will be earning far more money in the US compared to Germany (even after you deduct the loan and its interest). In some professions (like software engineer or researcher in AI) the ratio would be something like 3-5x. Sure parts of US are crazy expensive (San Francisco, New York) but Munich (where you would get the best salary in Germany) is hardly that cheap, and even taking the expenses into consideration, money wise you are far better in the US.
If it wasn’t for family reasons, I wouldn’t think twice about moving there.
That's looking at just maximising income, which is not exactly a nuanced way of looking at things, but that's to be expected given all parts of society focuses on money as the most desired outcome, so to b speak.I don’t agree. You pay less during studies, but you also get worse quality of education, and during the career earn significantly less. This is assuming you do one of the high paying jobs (software, medic, lawyer etc).
My post is only about education. If you factor other things (like work-life balance), then someone might come to another conclusion. But assuming you don’t study history of arts etc, during the course of the career you will be earning far more money in the US compared to Germany (even after you deduct the loan and its interest). In some professions (like software engineer or researcher in AI) the ratio would be something like 3-5x. Sure parts of US are crazy expensive (San Francisco, New York) but Munich (where you would get the best salary in Germany) is hardly that cheap, and even taking the expenses into consideration, money wise you are far better in the US.
If it wasn’t for family reasons, I wouldn’t think twice about moving there.
I was talking concretely about the discussion that 'student debt is so bad, look how good is in Germany where they don't pay anything' which is not even half of the story. Career-wise, you get more money in the US than Germany, even when you include paying up the debt and adjusted to the costs of living.That's looking at just maximising income, which is not exactly a nuanced way of looking at things, but that's to be expected given all parts of society focuses on money as the most desired outcome, so to b speak.
Personally, I'd much rather live in a place where I'm comfortable throughout my life and society doesn't shit on the less well off than maximise my personal income. But you do you, of course.
Same in Germany. I was paying $1k for my room in Munich. Sure, it is not San Francisco, but the salaries are also significantly lower (and in my profession, we are talking 3x or so lower).That may be true for some professions but all things considered, the cost of housing in the US compared with wages is widening - as is the cost of education and the number of young people drowning in debt. There are of course plenty of advantages of living here but the cost of education isn't one of them.
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Sadly the only people who actually seem to be questioning the excessive spending on DoD are people at DoD itself. Have friends and talked to others who work at various DoD levels around DC and all seem to be amazed at the continued increase in funding which in their eyes is completely unnecessary. If you want to reduce government waste that's the first logical place to start but we ve created a society where both left and right are too afraid to touch it.House approves $738bn military bill with money for Trump's Space Force
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/11/house-approves-space-force-military-bill
Looking forward to MSM asking "But where are you going to get the money from". Won't hold my breath.
As someone who had to experience education and general people here in the US, I find this absurd.I was talking concretely about the discussion that 'student debt is so bad, look how good is in Germany where they don't pay anything' which is not even half of the story. Career-wise, you get more money in the US than Germany, even when you include paying up the debt and adjusted to the costs of living.
I know that it has become trendy to shit on the US nowadays and how they are awful at everything and how European countries are superior, but there is a reason why more Europeans leave for the US than the other way around, and why the best of the best go to the US.
Saying that, I acknowledge that there are things which are better in Europe (superior education is not one of them), and which one is the better place to live is a very subjective matter.
It's a great way for federal tax dollars to disappear. Contracts spread wide and far with very little oversight.Sadly the only people who actually seem to be questioning the excessive spending on DoD are people at DoD itself. Have friends and talked to others who work at various DoD levels around DC and all seem to be amazed at the continued increase in funding which in their eyes is completely unnecessary. If you want to reduce government waste that's the first logical place to start but we ve created a society where both left and right are too afraid to touch it.
Campuses of even no-name universities are superior to those of top European universities. The number of professors and administrative staff is far higher in the US, as is the quality of professors (most of the top European professors teach in the US, you rarely see a top American professor teaching in Europe). Most of the universities in top 10, 50, 100 lists are American universities. The number of scientific papers in the top journals and conferences from the US is far higher than from European universities, as is the number of top researchers. Many of the best undergraduate students from Europe go to do a Ph.D. in the US, you rarely see it happening the other way around.As someone who had to experience education and general people here in the US, I find this absurd.
There are so many things wrong with this I don't even know where to start.Campuses of even no-name universities are superior to those of top European universities. The number of professors and administrative staff is far higher in the US, as is the quality of professors (most of the top European professors teach in the US, you rarely see a top American professor teaching in Europe). Most of the universities in top 10, 50, 100 lists are American universities. The number of scientific papers in the top journals and conferences from the US is far higher than from European universities, as is the number of top researchers. Many of the best undergraduate students from Europe go to do a Ph.D. in the US, you rarely see it happening the other way around.
In fact, the only European universities which are held around the same level as top US universities are Cambridge, Oxford, and ETH. The top German university (TUM) at best would be considered second-tier in the US (like Georgia Tech, or university of Central Florida).
So yes, by any measurable metric, the quality of universities in the US is far higher than in Europe.
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Bang out of order. I will fight you for this. Just kiddingCampuses of even no-name universities are superior to those of top European universities. The number of professors and administrative staff is far higher in the US, as is the quality of professors (most of the top European professors teach in the US, you rarely see a top American professor teaching in Europe). Most of the universities in top 10, 50, 100 lists are American universities. The number of scientific papers in the top journals and conferences from the US is far higher than from European universities, as is the number of top researchers. Many of the best undergraduate students from Europe go to do a Ph.D. in the US, you rarely see it happening the other way around.
In fact, the only European universities which are held around the same level as top US universities are Cambridge, Oxford, and ETH. The top German university (TUM) at best would be considered second-tier in the US (like Georgia Tech, or university of Central Florida).
So yes, by any measurable metric, the quality of universities in the US is far higher than in Europe.
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It worked so well for Virginia the last time...Right-wing militias organizing ‘armed gathering’ in Virginia — with ‘threat of civil war’: extremism researcher
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/12/ri...ith-threat-of-civil-war-extremism-researcher/
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“We cannot let Trump get away with this cruelty. An attack on any part of Social Security is an attack on the entire system.”
“This policy change is abhorrent and absolutely unjustifiable.”
“We all know that the cruelty is the point with this administration, but this sinks to yet another low.”
“This would be a crushing blow to me and my family.”
Those are just a few of the more than 1,700 official comments members of the U.S. public have left on President Donald Trump’s proposed Social Security rule change, which could strip lifesaving disability benefits from hundreds of thousands of people.
“They want to destroy every part of Social Security, including retirement benefits, and turn it over to their criminal friends on Wall Street. We must stop Trump’s plan.”
—Alex Lawson, Social Security Works
The proposal received hardly any media attention when it was first published in the Federal Register in November. But recent reporting on the proposed rule change, as well as outrage from progressive Social Security advocates, sparked a flood of public condemnation and calls for the Trump administration to reverse course.
Backlash against the proposal can be seen in the public comment section for the rule, where self-identified physicians, people with disabilities, social workers, and others have condemned the change as monstrous and potentially deadly. The number of public comments has ballooned in recent days, going from less than 200 to more than 1,700 in a week.
The public comment period ends on January 17, 2020. Comments can be submitted here.
“Cutting Social Security is murder and this immoral administration knows it,” wrote one commenter. “I will fight it every way I can.”
A commenter who identified as Karla Kirchner said Social Security is her “only source of income.”
“If I lose my checks, there will be nothing left to keep me alive,” Kirchner wrote.
The Trump administration’s proposal would add another layer of complexity to the process of obtaining Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits.
If implemented, the rule change would require people categorized by the federal government as Step 5 recipients—typically older individuals with serious physical ailments or mental illness—and others to re-prove their benefit eligibility every two years.
Critics and policy experts warned that the goal of imposing more onerous eligibility requirements on disabled Social Security recipients is to slash people’s benefits. An estimated 4.4 million people would be subject to the new requirement if the Trump administration’s proposal takes effect, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Alex Lawson, executive director of progressive advocacy group Social Security Works, wrote in an op-ed last week that “there is no justification for this policy.”
“The United States already has some of the strictest eligibility criteria for disability benefits in the world,” wrote Lawson. “More than half of all claims are denied.”
Lawson urged members of the public to call their elected officials and leave a comment on the Trump administration’s proposal because “if they are allowed to get away with this attack, it will be only the beginning.”
“They want to destroy every part of Social Security, including retirement benefits, and turn it over to their criminal friends on Wall Street. We must stop Trump’s plan,” Lawson said. “If we let the politicians in Washington, D.C., take away some people’s earned benefits, it means they can take away all of our earned benefits.”
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